Showing 1–2 of 2 titles

• Award year: 2012
• Genre: Science

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  The Elephant Scientist

  By Caitlin O'Connell, Donna M. Jackson, Timothy Rodwelland (Illustrator)

  Power-packed photos and prose transport readers to the dusty world of African elephants and a woman who studies such large mysteries as how they use their feet and trunks to communicate with other animals and sense distant thunder.  Throughout, O'Connell, Jackson, and Rodwell keep readers constantly engaged with curiosity sparked by the latest discoveries from the field.

  • Nonfiction, Science, Animals
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2012 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780547053448
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  Me . . . Jane

  By Patrick McDonnell

  Watching the birds and squirrels in her yard, a young girl discovers the joy and wonder of nature. In delicate and precise India ink and watercolor, McDonnell depicts the awakening of a scientific spirit. A perceptive glimpse of the childhood of renowned primatologist Jane Goodall.

  • Nonfiction, Science
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 2012 (Honor Title)
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9780316045469